This post may contain affiliate links.* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Click here to read our affiliate policy. Estimated reading time: 12 minutes If you look at the pattern of events in countries around the world enduring societal collapse one thing becomes apparent. Violence becomes a new and terrifying fact of…

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The Oakland Athletics are considering building a new stadium in Oakland. Where it will go depends on how it is financed and how folks will get to the stadium. Let’s look at access. Sporting events are big events that draw people from an entire region. That means a new A’s stadium needs to provide access…

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The view looking down into the park from the entrance above. Updated February 2025 The model for its contemporary American cousin, The High Line, Paris’s Promenade Plantée––also known as the Coulée Verte or “Flowing Green”––was the world’s first and only elevated park before its New York relative spawned numerous followers, including Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail, Philadelphia’s Reading Viaduct, Rotterdam’s…

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